🛡️ Docker Proxy Server with IPS/IDS

A production-ready proxy server with Intrusion Prevention/Detection System (IPS/IDS) capabilities, fully containerized using Docker.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Architecture
• Quick Start
• Configuration
• Usage
• Monitoring
• Security Considerations
• Troubleshooting
• Contributing
• License

✨ Features

🔄 Proxy Server (Squid)

• HTTP/HTTPS proxy with caching capabilities
• Access control lists (ACLs) for network segmentation
• Content filtering and URL blocking
• Authentication support (Basic, NTLM, LDAP)
• ICAP integration for antivirus scanning
• SSL interception capability (man-in-the-middle)

🚨 Intrusion Prevention/Detection (IPS/IDS)

• Snort - Lightweight network intrusion detection
• Suricata - High-performance IDS/IPS (alternative)
• Real-time threat detection with rule-based alerts
• Protocol analysis for HTTP, DNS, TLS traffic
• Malware & exploit detection via threat intelligence

📊 Monitoring & Analytics

• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana) for centralized logging
• Real-time dashboards for traffic analysis
• Alert visualization with Kibana
• Performance metrics collection

🐳 Containerization Benefits

• Isolated environments for each component
• Easy deployment with Docker Compose
• Persistent storage for logs and configurations
• Scalable architecture for production use

🏗️ Architecture